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Post by Ali on Oct 17, 2010 8:07:32 GMT 1
Public backs bigger protest movement
A majority wants to see more of this...
Two thirds of the French public believe that the current clash between protesters and the government over pension reform will escalate to a scale last seen in 1995.
In the late autumn of that year prime minister Alain Juppé‘s government under newly-elected president Jacques Chirac was forced to back down on most of its key pension reforms after massive waves of protests and strikes across the country.
Moreover, a majority of French people today – 54 percent – say they would like to see such an escalation.
In addition nearly eight in ten people say that last Tuesday’s day of action and strikes was a success for the unions and the opposition.
Source: The French Paper
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Post by Breton Wench on Oct 17, 2010 16:21:19 GMT 1
What I do not understand is how the french students who are protesting, are actually calling, in effect, for their taxes to keep rising to keep this incredibly low retirement age in place.  And for most independent artisans anyway, retiring at 60 is a pipe dream. |
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Post by Ali on Oct 17, 2010 16:36:12 GMT 1
And for most independent artisans anyway, retiring at 60 is a pipe dream. Too right! Can't ever get enough money in the pot to have a decent pension let alone devcent wage - govt seems to want every single shilling  |
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Post by hellfire on Oct 17, 2010 17:15:15 GMT 1
With you there Breton Wench, they take every penny you earn here before you even get to spend any of it.
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Post by blu on Oct 18, 2010 19:15:56 GMT 1
Cars on fire shop windows smashed......  what the hell has this to do with the issue of retirement age. Maybe if a 60 year old could find a young unemployed person to do their job then they could swap places. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 20, 2010 9:04:37 GMT 1
Rennes - this morning 20.10.10
Employees, joined by students, tried to block the fuel depot of Vern-sur-seiche this morning. They were confronted with police who "seemed determined." So they chose to turn around and hold a go-slow on the southern periphique. This operation was launched shortly after 7 am, already causing major delays on the ring road south.
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Post by hellfire on Oct 20, 2010 10:19:39 GMT 1
There are a lot of troublemakers just out to cause mischief and mayhem and who have nothing to do with the genuine reason behind the strikes. In Paris it is an ethnic thing again in the north,nothing to do with the current problem. Students have always joined in demos but again there is a minority just out to cause trouble and some are paying the price now.
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Post by Madame Moorhen on Oct 20, 2010 13:12:11 GMT 1
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Post by hellfire on Oct 21, 2010 8:57:10 GMT 1
My BIL was in Spain and Portugal delivering with his HGV since last friday and found the border with France shut on tuesday evening so had to rushto Santander and wait in line with dozens of other UK lorries for the BF back to Poole otherwise he would have been stranded in Spainuntil the blockade lifted
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Post by mrs moustoir on Oct 21, 2010 10:02:16 GMT 1
My daughter is in 5'eme and was asked by some of the 3'emes if she wanted to come along to a "manifestation" in school time. Don't know if I approve of such young people being involved in the demonstrations.  One of her teachers told her that youngsters should be very worried about the future as all the old people will be working for so much longer and taking all the jobs meant for them! |
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what the hell has this to do with the issue of retirement age.
